Darnell Dockett advises the youth of America

[oxrageous]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...-has-valuable-advice-for-youth-football-team/

Discuss.

 

[PastyStoole]

We’re particularly glad these lovely children were able to hear Dockett’s unique brand of authentic frontier gibberish.

 

[WobbleGator]

 

[soflagator]

Who thought it would be a good idea to let this moron speak to children? It's fun, and definitely acceptable to laugh at Docket himself. But that's the person who should be relived of their position. Absolute scumbag, can't speak English, and delivers a message like that to youths. Unreal.

 

[ReelGatorDoc]

must be some form of community service punishment...for the community!

 

[Alagator]

Darnell Dockets advice to today's youth: Don't grow up to be a POS, scumbag like me. Lesson over.

 

[Gator Fever]

 

[WillGetIn]

This thread makes me unhappy. I really dislike Darnell Dockett, as any self-respecting Gator Fan should.

However, this video is not bad at all. These are kids like 12-14 years old... After watching the video, its obvious he's having fun with them and teasing them with his comments. And, he wasn't talking all Jameis Winston like either... As much as I dislike him, I can't get on the train to give him hell about it.

I actually col'd (chuckled out loud) when DD made the comment about getting girlfriends and some of the kids were like "I already have a girlfriend"... The kids were having a blast as you can see from their reactions...

 

[PatDooleySucks]

This thread makes me unhappy. I really dislike Darnell Dockett, as any self-respecting Gator Fan should.

However, this video is not bad at all. These are kids like 12-14 years old... After watching the video, its obvious he's having fun with them and teasing them with his comments. And, he wasn't talking all Jameis Winston like either... As much as I dislike him, I can't get on the train to give him hell about it.

I actually col'd (chuckled out loud) when DD made the comment about getting girlfriends and some of the kids were like "I already have a girlfriend"... The kids were having a blast as you can see from their reactions...

 

[TN G8tr]

Dont care what that POS had to say. Whoever allows him to talk to children should have their head examined or be prosecued. Hmmm wonder if he had to talk to kids as some sort of court related mandate. It wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility.

 

[NavetG8r]

Dirtbag. That is all.

 

[WillGetIn]

DD=Definite Dirtbag If it was court mandated, judge needs to go...

 

[TLB]

I'm surprised nobody posted this yet

Darnell Docket released by Cardinals

 

[GatorBart]

I'm surprised nobody posted this yet

Darnell Docket released by Cardinals

Some team will likely pick him up - hopefully, not yours or mine, or anybody else's for that matter.

 

[rogdochar]

Some team will likely pick him up - hopefully, not yours or mine, or anybody else's for that matter.

….. for their malpractice squad.

 

[TLB]

....as a motivational speaker?

 

[GatorBart]

And the adzhole goes to.................................................The Niners!
Fine by me, I already dislike that team about as much as any other team.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...rnell-dockett-signs-rival-san-francisco-49ers

 

[WillGetIn]

I'm a Cowboys fan, so this is good news. The 49ers are going to be irrelevant for a few years. With the Giants and Skins sucking, only Philly remains... It will be interesting to see if Kelly's roster moves will help or hurt them...

 

[stephenPE]

Darnell Dockets advice to today's youth: Don't grow up to be a POS, scumbag like me. Lesson over.

Also, avoid going home as a kid and finding your mom dead from a gunshot wound to the head

Dockett said he had spent part of that day – July 4, 1994 – at a friend's house. Eventually he returned to his mother's home in Decatur, Ga., finding a front door that was still locked, and an odd quiet when he entered. The circumstances immediately felt wrong, and when he walked in and found his mother, she was laying awkwardly in a hallway of the home, a lifeless body in a blood-soaked T-shirt. She had been killed by a gunshot to her head.

From the murder of his mother when he was 13, to the death of his estranged father four months later – and with a childhood pocked with criminal mischief – Dockett's life transcends the many hard-luck stories found in this sport.

When I began teaching middle school in the late 70s I thought "these kids are BAD" then I began talking to them about their lives and began to realize they were actually doing pretty damned good considering the sh#t they lived in and through. After that I learned how to teach kids because they all have a story and have different needs. Easy to criticize but damn sure glad I didnt have to grow up like him.

 

[NavetG8r]

Also, avoid going home as a kid and finding your mom dead from a gunshot wound to the head


When I began teaching middle school in the late 70s I thought "these kids are BAD" then I began talking to them about their lives and began to realize they were actually doing pretty damned good considering the sh#t they lived in and through. After that I learned how to teach kids because they all have a story and have different needs. Easy to criticize but damn sure glad I didnt have to grow up like him.

Your post reminded me of something I saw on Facebook yesterday. Since I don't really know how to share something directly from Facebook to here I just copy and pasted the story:

As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.

Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he did not play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. In addition, Teddy could be unpleasant.

It got to the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X's and then putting a big "F" at the top of his papers.

At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each child's past records and she put Teddy's off until last. However, when she reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise.

Teddy's first grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners... he is a joy to be around.."

His second grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is an excellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle."

His third grade teacher wrote, "His mother's death has been hard on him. He tries to do his best, but his father doesn't show much interest and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren't taken."

Teddy's fourth grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is withdrawn and doesn't show much interest in school. He doesn't have many friends and he sometimes sleeps in class."

By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas presents, wrapped in beautiful ribbons and bright paper, except for Teddy's. His present was clumsily wrapped in the heavy, brown paper That he got from a grocery bag Mrs. Thompson took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing, and a bottle that was one-quarter full of perfume.. But she stifled the children's laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume on her wrist. Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just long enough to say, "Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom used to." After the children left, she cried for at least an hour.

On that very day, she quit teaching reading, writing and arithmetic. Instead, she began to teach children. Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class and, despite her lie that she would love all the children the same, Teddy became one of her "teacher's pets.."

A year later, she found a note under her door, from Teddy, telling* her that she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life.

Six years went by before she got another note from Teddy. He then wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in life.

Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had been tough at times, he'd stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. He assured Mrs. Thompson that she was still the best and favorite teacher he had ever had in his whole life.

Then four more years passed and yet another letter came. This time he explained that after he got his bachelor's degree, he decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little longer.... The letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, MD.

The story does not end there. You see, there was yet another letter that spring. Teddy said he had met this girl and was going to be married. He explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he was wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit at the wedding in the place that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom.

Of course, Mrs. Thompson did. And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one with several rhinestones missing. Moreover, she made sure she was wearing the perfume that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last Christmas together.

They hugged each other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson's ear, "Thank you Mrs. Thompson for* believing in me. Thank you so much for making me feel important and showing me that I could make a difference."

Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back. She said, "Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met you."

(For you that don't know, Teddy Stoddard is the Dr. at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines that has the Stoddard Cancer Wing.)